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| Provided by Song Sera Photo = Korea Fencing Association |
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| Women's epee national team, Barcelona World Cup team bronze medal, from left: Im Tae-hee, Song Se-ra, Jang Seo-yeon. Photo courtesy = Korea Fencing Association |
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"Women's epee top ranker" Song Se-ra (Busan Metropolitan City Hall, world No. 3) won a silver medal in the individual and team bronze in the first World Cup of this season.
Song Se-ra won the silver medal in the individual final of the Fencing Federation International Women's Epee World Cup held in Barcelona, Spain on the 9th (Korea time) by losing 9-15 to Ester Muhari of Hungary's Top Ranker.
Song Sera advanced to the quarterfinals by winning 13-10 against Alexandra Louis-Marie of France in the round of 32 and 14-13 against Lim Tae-hee of the national team (42nd in the world) in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, they reached the semifinals with a 10-9 victory over 'Ukrainian ace' Olena Kriwitska (14th in the world), and in the semifinals, they reached the final with a 15-5 victory over"Italian ace"Rosela Piemingo (19th in the world).
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| 송세라 은메달. Photo courtesy = Korea Fencing Association |
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Following Song Sera's first podium, the women's epee team continued to do well in the team event on the 10th. Starting with Song Sera, Lee Hye-in (26th in the world), Jang Seo-yeon (151st in the world), and Lim Tae-hee, the women's epee team succeeded in advancing to the semifinals and collaborated for the bronze medal. He reached the semifinals with a 45-37 victory over Germany in the round of 16, a 44-38 victory over Ukraine in the quarterfinals, and a 26-45 loss to China in the semifinals headed for the bronze medal match. In the bronze medal match against France, the women's epee national team won the 6th round '22 years old Shin Seong' Lim Tae-hee scored 7 points after a seesaw game first encounter, and then maintained the lead, winning 45-41 to win a thrilling bronze medal.
He started his first World Cup schedule this year in a good mood by winning multiple medals in individual and team events. After confirming the possibility of a successful generational change in the first competition, the women's epee team will prepare for the Asian Championships in June and the World Championships in July by enhancing their sense of play and teamwork in four competitions (two Grand Prix and two World Cups) this season.
Meanwhile, at the same time, Hong Sena (Jung-gu Office of Incheon Metropolitan City) ranked 10th in the individual competition and Yoon Jeong-hyun (National Army Sports Unit) ranked 31st in the individual competition at the men's and women's foil Grand Prix in Turin, Italy. At the Men's Epee World Cup in Heidenheim, Germany, Ahn Tae-young (National Military Sports Unit) ranked 16th and Park Sang-young (Ulsan Metropolitan City Hall) ranked 23rd.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
